According to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, exporters dispatched three shipments of local mango varieties ‘Sindhri’ and ‘Chaunsa’ to Japan as per agreed procedures between the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) and the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).Continue Reading
A different pandemic is hounding the local banana industry, which already saw production this year cut by as much as 20 percent.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Petra Wiesmayer, Innovation Origins Approximately every fifth tree felled worldwide ends up as paper in our homes. It might be a book, a newspaper, a magazine, a writing pad, some wrapping paper, a kitchen towel, or a roll of toilet paper. Since about 15 billion trees are felled eachContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dispatch A drastic decline in prices of Matooke has frustrated farmers from parts of Ankole, one of the biggest producers of Matooke, both a cash and food crop. Matooke production has over the years transformed livelihoods across the region, with more people depending on the food crop to earnContinue Reading
SOURCE: EFE, La Vanguardia TRANSLATION: Freshplaza On Wednesday, July 1, Costa Rica declared a state of phytosanitary emergency as a measure to prevent the entry of the Fusarium TR4 plague into the country and protect its banana production, an important activity that generates more than 140,000 direct and indirect jobsContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khann Chanvirak, Khmer Times Kampong Cham provincial governor Un Chanda said yesterday at a press conference the province has exported over 20,000 tonnes of fresh yellow bananas to international markets during the first six months of this year. At the event held at the Council of Ministers, Mr ChandaContinue Reading
SOURCE: PTI, Deccan Herald With the easing of lockdown curbs, banana growers from Ardhapur tehsil in Maharashtra’s Nanded district have started getting demands for export of the fruit to Gulf countries, helping them fetch a better price for their produce. The state agriculture department is also guiding farmers from theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dhaka Tribune The farmers said wholesalers and their representatives from different parts of the country flock to the upazila every year when the harvesting season begins. Despite bumper production, jackfruit growers in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur are incurring losses due to a lack of customers and falling prices broughtContinue Reading
SOURCE: Ramesh Kumar Poudel, The Kathmandu Post Banana farmers in Chitwan are switching to G9 banana because the Malbhog variety, which has been providing them a good income, is being increasingly plagued by disease. But fruit growers have not been able to completely give up the yellow Malbhog banana. AlthoughContinue Reading
SOURCE: ANI/DevDiscourse Individuals who consume more vegetables, fruits, nuts, and pluses score higher on tests of verbal fluency, suggests a recent study. The study investigated factors associated with verbal fluency among a large sample of English-speaking Canadians aged 45 to 85. “These findings are consistent with other research that hasContinue Reading
SOURCE: IPP Media Through the ambitious project, beneficiary farmers are trained to embrace best agronomic practices, including soil fertility, ways of conserving soil moisture and to mitigate common banana pests and diseases. Other practices are creation of basins for harvesting water, banana weevils trapping and pairing of planting suckers. ThroughContinue Reading
SOURCE: CGTN Shabei Town in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region enjoys natural advantage of sunshine and rainfall – favorable for fruits. Though the humid town is endowed with abundant natural resources, the local government had difficulties finding a suitable crop to plant to help poor families before 2015. AfterContinue Reading